Laura Toffenetti
@ltoff.bsky.social
retired teacher, writer, quilter, native flowers fan, Senior advisor to Rohingya Culture Center in Chicago which provides support to Rohingya refugees who have fled the genocide in Myanmar.
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Rand Paul: "Secretary Hegseth said he had no knowledge of this and it did not happen. It was fake news. It didn't happen. And then the next day, from the podium of the WH, they're saying it did happen. So either he was lying to us on Sunday or he's incompetent and didn't know what had happened."
December 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Rand Paul: "Secretary Hegseth said he had no knowledge of this and it did not happen. It was fake news. It didn't happen. And then the next day, from the podium of the WH, they're saying it did happen. So either he was lying to us on Sunday or he's incompetent and didn't know what had happened."
only it's not at all funny
I just find it hilarious that his whole cabinet is sloberring praise all over him with ridiculous hyperbole and he is falling asleep while they're doing it.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
You couldn't write comedy better than this. It's better than VEEP.
December 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
only it's not at all funny
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RIP Gwendolyn Brooks, first African American poet to win Pulitzer prize, died this day in 2000.
“We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.”
“Live not for Battles Won.
Live not for The-End-of-the-Song.
Live in the along.”
“We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.”
“Live not for Battles Won.
Live not for The-End-of-the-Song.
Live in the along.”
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
RIP Gwendolyn Brooks, first African American poet to win Pulitzer prize, died this day in 2000.
“We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.”
“Live not for Battles Won.
Live not for The-End-of-the-Song.
Live in the along.”
“We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.”
“Live not for Battles Won.
Live not for The-End-of-the-Song.
Live in the along.”
Invader...I feel like we've been invaded by Trumpians not ordinary people
Interesting. I don't recall the Democrats demanding any of these things. This Nazi is doing that thing where they add or take away a word or two to change the meaning. Gotta keep the MAGA cult happy.
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Invader...I feel like we've been invaded by Trumpians not ordinary people
What is truly amazing is that they allowed all this footage of these idiots praising a president who is obviously sound asleep
December 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
What is truly amazing is that they allowed all this footage of these idiots praising a president who is obviously sound asleep
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
LOOK AT THIS CLOWN SHOW!
While Cabinet members praise his energy and fitness, Trump sleeps.
No satire in the history of film and television has ever been this on the mark.
No satire in the history of film and television has ever been this on the mark.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
LOOK AT THIS CLOWN SHOW!
The king has no clothes
Trump: "There's a group of people out there that have been very successful and we've already starting talking to them. We're doing ballrooms, we're doing arch, we have a thing that's being planned that's gonna be a great tribute to the country, as you know. The arch."
December 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The king has no clothes
They think he controls the weather? I thought they thought Jews controlled the weather!!🙄
oh come ON
Kristi Noem: "Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that."
December 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
They think he controls the weather? I thought they thought Jews controlled the weather!!🙄
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This guy complaining about people being in "air-conditioned offices."
Where were you, Pete, when you were watching your murder-strike livestream?
Where were you, Pete, when you were watching your murder-strike livestream?
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This guy complaining about people being in "air-conditioned offices."
Where were you, Pete, when you were watching your murder-strike livestream?
Where were you, Pete, when you were watching your murder-strike livestream?
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He seems to be constantly fighting 'wokeness' these days...
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
He seems to be constantly fighting 'wokeness' these days...
Aargh!!!
I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Aargh!!!
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good grief this is nuts
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
good grief this is nuts
Well not exactly positive but definitely an impact.
Ted Cruz: "Mr President, I think objectively on the merits, the case can be made that there's never been a president who has had a greater positive impact on the children of America than you have."
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Well not exactly positive but definitely an impact.
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This admiral refused to carry out illegal orders.
A professional soldier will never execute an illegal order.
A professional soldier will never execute an illegal order.
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This admiral refused to carry out illegal orders.
A professional soldier will never execute an illegal order.
A professional soldier will never execute an illegal order.
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Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
December 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hegseth is very transparently blaming a Navy admiral for his own decision. Let this be a lesson for every other military officer: The Trump administration will issue unlawful orders, then blame you for following them.
Yes
She's right, white people have been fed a steady died of fear the other.
Also I apologize in advance, my left eye has a mind of it's own
Also I apologize in advance, my left eye has a mind of it's own
Americans are fed a steady diet of propaganda about Black people, and Leslie Jones isn't having it
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Yes
Money triumphs again. This shooting was a scam.
Imagine considering yourself a “journalist,” and not reporting this out at the time so you could save it for a book no one will buy.
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Money triumphs again. This shooting was a scam.
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Sadly relevant today.
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sadly relevant today.
yes
Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
yes
JD Vance: “it is totally reasonable and acceptable for American citizens to look at their next door neighbors and say, ‘I want to live next to people who I have something in common with.’”
New in PN: This is what a white supremacist administration looks like
"The Republican Party of today, embodied as it is in Donald Trump and the administration he leads, is no longer so worried about being called racist, because it has unashamedly taken white supremacy as its cause."
"The Republican Party of today, embodied as it is in Donald Trump and the administration he leads, is no longer so worried about being called racist, because it has unashamedly taken white supremacy as its cause."
This is what a white supremacist administration looks like
Also: Can Democrats pull off a huge upset tonight in deep red Tennessee?
www.publicnotice.co
December 2, 2025 at 1:31 PM
JD Vance: “it is totally reasonable and acceptable for American citizens to look at their next door neighbors and say, ‘I want to live next to people who I have something in common with.’”
He should wear sunglasses so he can finally allow himself to roll his eyes
This is all so pathetic and low energy from Trump
"She hates Christianity" -- Trump rants on Mike Johnson's phone at a Van Epps rally
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
He should wear sunglasses so he can finally allow himself to roll his eyes
"... Kristi Noem has said that revealing the identities of agents and videotaping them on operations constitutes “violence.” ...Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino believes that all protesters are “violent rioters” and has instructed officers to arrest protesters “who make hyperbolic comments.”
From the crazed hyperbolic radical alarmists at… The Brennan Center:
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"... Kristi Noem has said that revealing the identities of agents and videotaping them on operations constitutes “violence.” ...Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino believes that all protesters are “violent rioters” and has instructed officers to arrest protesters “who make hyperbolic comments.”
and what, oh genius, would be the purpose of this conspiracy? This guy is way to evil to be near other human beings.
This is not true. Musk is endorsing (again) a version of the white nationalist great replacement theory, as told by Stephen Miller.
It is a conspiracy theory and it was confined to the fringes of the Internet until 10 or so years ago.
If true, Harris would’ve easily won in 2024.
It is a conspiracy theory and it was confined to the fringes of the Internet until 10 or so years ago.
If true, Harris would’ve easily won in 2024.
December 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
and what, oh genius, would be the purpose of this conspiracy? This guy is way to evil to be near other human beings.
This is sick. and the person who writes the Franklin stories should sue him for something.
I’m hoping they show this Hegseth post at his sentencing hearing.
December 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is sick. and the person who writes the Franklin stories should sue him for something.